I disavow anyone in the movement involved in any illegal,unethical, sexist, or racist behavior. However, I don't have the energy or time to investigate each person and case, and a lack of individual disavowals for each incident should not be construed as condoning such behavior.

Noisy, while I think it's fine to say a genre isn't your preferred style, suggesting there is no merit behind hip-hop... that argument isn't going to take you far. I'd be honoured if you'd give any of the following an open-minded listen...

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Chance the Rapper - Good Ass Intro

Madvillain - All Caps

MF Doom - Doomsday

Kendrick - Love

Run the Jewels - Legend Has It

Blackstar - Thieves in the Night

Mobb Deep - Where Ya Heart At?

M.O.P. Cold as Ice

Luniz - I got 5 on It

Lupe Fiasco - Jump

De La Soul ft. Common - The Bizness

The Fugees - Ready or Not

Jay-Z - Dead Presidents II

Bustah Rhymes - Get off my Block

Mos Def - Mathematics

I respect preference, but nobody can tell me there's not considerable talent in that spoiler... I honestly feel like you're missing out if you haven't found your niche. Perhaps you'd prefer more cerebral tracks... If its the messaging you have a problem with, which does sometimes give me pause, I think of it like a genre piece... like a horror movie isn't meant to promote violence... it's a catharsis... I hope hip-hop finds it's way to you. But if not... you'll live.

SnarlPatrick, you are a nazi apologist piece of shit. You're a coward who hides behind the internet .... and I can only imagine it's a good thing your Jewish ancestors are dead so they don't have to watch you grow into the bigoted nazi creep you've become.

I think for me, overall, if you have a long, influential career but you only do the same thing over and over, then I ain't interested.If you experiment and evolve over those years, then I give you props. So Beatles, MJ, Dylan... can't hate.

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --VoltaireThat which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. -- Hitchens.

Seconded on The Grateful Dead, Phish, and other "jam bands," and add to that any number of noodly, boring jazz fusion artists.

Another thing I really dislike is the extreme overuse of the Autotune plugin. That's not only a deplorably lazy and hackneyed studio technique that obviates the need for singing talent, but its overall sound is obnoxious as hell.